. Electric railway journal . ill make thearticles if the railway companies specify them. Thus,the real problem is to get the articles specified. Is itthen necessary for the manufacturers not only to makestandard articles upon specification, the dutj^ whichnaturally falls to them, but also to urge that they bespecified ? This should not be the case. The Manualis available to all member companies. It is arrangedin convenient form and carefully indexed. If there isany inherent fault in the Manual which makes its useformidable, why not discuss this without further delay?Otherwise should it not be
. Electric railway journal . ill make thearticles if the railway companies specify them. Thus,the real problem is to get the articles specified. Is itthen necessary for the manufacturers not only to makestandard articles upon specification, the dutj^ whichnaturally falls to them, but also to urge that they bespecified ? This should not be the case. The Manualis available to all member companies. It is arrangedin convenient form and carefully indexed. If there isany inherent fault in the Manual which makes its useformidable, why not discuss this without further delay?Otherwise should it not be in more general use, thuscapitalizing the work of the association committees? 978 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 55, No. 20 Maintenance Practiceof the Anglo-Argentine Tramway—Part II The Several Classes for Inspection and Overhauling of Cars Are Described Together with the Duties of the Men and Types of Work Performed By R. FRANCISCO APESECHE Assistant to Chief Engineer Anglo-Argentine Tramway, BuenosAires, Argentina ■::o. TRAMWAY LOOP AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, BUENOS AIRES IN A PRECEDING article, published in the ElectricRailway Journal for March 20, 1920, the extent ofthe Anglo-Argentine Tramway lines was describedand an outline was given of the standardization workwhich had been undertaken. The reorganization of therolling-stock maintenance forces has been of greatassistance in carrying out the standardization this purpose the inspection and overhauling workhas been divided into the following classes: nightlyinspection, fortnightly inspection, general inspectionand overhauling, truck overhauling and special inspec-tion made after rainstorms. The organization neces-sary to carry on the various classes of work will nowbe taken up and a general idea will be given as to thework which is carried out in each class. Nightly Inspection A thorough inspection cannot be made at night,but as more cars are laid up at this time thanduring the day a slight inspection of the car
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